Self-organization of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical cavity
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چکیده
The spatial self-organization of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in a high-finesse linear optical cavity is discussed. The condensate atoms are laser-driven from the side and scatter photons into the cavity. Above a critical pump intensity the homogeneous condensate evolves into a stable pattern bound by the cavity field. The transition point is determined analytically from a mean-field theory. We calculate the lowest lying Bogoliubov excitations of the coupled BEC-cavity system and the quantum depletion due to the atom-field coupling. PACS. 03.75.Kk Dynamic properties of condensates; collective and hydrodynamic excitations, superfluid flow – 37.10.Vz Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, and ions
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